Re: Do any of you horse people have Tennessee Walkers?

From: 14tonks (mail.2.14tonks_at_recursor.net)
Date: 12/24/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 09:26:07 -0500

Oh, I'm a confirmed city gal at this point, and I do like the city life as
well. For me, it's either live smack in the middle of a big city or so far
out in the country you can't see any neighbors--suburban living never made
much sense to me. I never did get to live in the country, though, and at my
age, I'm better off sticking to the big city. Farm life is too much hard
work for an old woman, especially one who has never been used to it. My
great-aunt Hazel stuck it out on the family farm to the end, letting the
livestock go and renting off the land to the surrounding farmers to bring in
some spending money, but it was a tough life for her alone even then,
particularly as Amsterdam is up into New York State's snow country.

And, sure, one can find farms upstate to visit for a couple of weeks if you
want--there are some that bring in some spending money running summer bed
and breakfasts. Not sure I see the point in that, though, other than it
being as good as any other B&B if you want to spend some time in the
country. The pleasure in a farmer's life isn't really in watching the grass
poke up for 2 weeks in the summer, it's in a lifestyle the spreads over
seasons and even generations. 

-- 
Sheila
To reply to me, add the prefix real. to my address.
"kathycarp" <kathycarp@comcastprivacy.net> wrote in message
news:wY6dnfsIv5IpvlHcRVn-gw@comcast.com...
> Well, now. This is very sad to imagine Sheila in a NYC apartment when her
> heart is on the farm. Very sad. Couldn't you at least *visit* one for a
> 2-week vacation every year?
>
> -- 
> Kathy
> www.ambergriscaye.com/villadelsol
> "14tonks" <mail.2.14tonks@recursor.net> wrote in message
> news:332j34F3l0k8mU1@individual.net...
> > Well, I'll tell you, I thought it was a *** **** shame when my mother's
> > three cousins all turned thumbs down on the NY state farm that had been
in
> > their father's family for 10 generations and sold the place up.  My
uncle
> > Mase was right, I got born to the wrong side of the family, LOL.  My mom
> > thought those horses made too much poop, too, but I would have loved
> > them--barn smells never bothered me, and I spent my whole childhood
> > angling
> > for a horse.  I'm too old to be learning the country life at this point,
> > though, even if I had the money to buy a place.  Maybe in my next life.
> > -- 
> >
> > Sheila
> > To reply to me, add the prefix real. to my address.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Dwilliams" <animallady2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:rJ6dnRaBlKONl1HcRVn-3g@pgtc.com...
> >> No, no, no.  You need to follow your heart, move to the country, build
a
> >> barn and fill it with Walkers.  Don't forget to buy a pooper scooper or
> > two
> >> too!.  :)
> >>
> >> Dee
> >>
> >> "14tonks" <mail.2.14tonks@recursor.net> wrote in message
> >> news:3322pqF3gqjodU1@individual.net...
> >> >
> >>  It's really, really, really good
> >> > that I'm a city gal, LOL!)
> >> > --
> >> >
> >> > Sheila
> >> > To reply to me, add the prefix real. to my address.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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